Coin-receptacle.



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UNITED STAT S Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

I HARRY J. VALENTINE, OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM VOGEL & BROTHERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A FIRM OOMPOSED OF HENRY J. VOGEL, LOUIS VOGEL, AND WILLIAM H. VOGEL.

" COIN-RECEF'TACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,205, dated December 8, 1903.

Application filed March 26, 1902. Serial No. 100,022. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, HARRY J. VALENTINE, a citizen of the United States of America, and aresident of Hem pstead, Nassau county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to coin-receptacles or money-boxes which are now in coml0 mon use by savings-banks, life-insurance companies, and other institutions and serving as an auxiliary savings-bank for the collection of money to be deposited. Some of these coinreceptacles consist of a box-body having a removable cover, others having a hinged cover.

Those with removable covers are often objected to, partly because the boxes cannot be open and closed conveniently, partly because the covers are apt to be misplaced, and partly 2o becausevaluable time is lost-in removing the covers of a large number and then replacing them after the coins have been dropped out. The boxes with hinged covers secured by a lock arefrequently preferred, because these objections are avoided, and hence my invention resides in the provision of a simple, serviceable, and ornate coin-receptacle of said preferred class, in which a smooth exterioris provided,so that the box may be easily and freely handled, and which may be readily slipped into a coat-pocket. Incidental advantages will appear in the course of the description.

To these ends my invention consists of cer- 5 tain novel features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved coin-receptacle. of on line 2 2, Fig. 1, the device being closed.

Fig. 3 is a similar section, the device being opened; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on line 4 4:, Fig. 1.

5 The metallic box-body A has a hinged metallic cover B, provided With a suitable lock 0, the bolt of which may engage akeeper D. Opposite the hinge the top of the box has a coin-receiving slot a, while a pivoted handle.

E is located adjacent the slot. The corners Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionthere of the box-body and cover are rounded, as shown, so as to be unobjectionable when handled and to be slipped easily into a side coatpocket when desired.

Coin-receptacles of hinged members and locked together usually have projecting hinges, so that a box which is objectionably rough at these points is provided. Also as the top of the box is provided with the coin slot the hinge or hinges located on the opposite (generally flat) side forming the bottom of the box prevent the box from resting squarely and steady on a flat shelf or table. In the present invention a peculiar hinge-joint is formed, overcomingtheseobjections. Forthispurpose the cover B is provided at its hinge-joint with integral extending portions b on its rim 1), and as the cover is of the same size as the boxbody, so that the edges match, the said extending portions will fit into a. transverse recess e in the edge of the box-body. Hinge members or plates ff are riveted or brazed to the inner sides of the box-body and extending portions, respectively, so that a pivotpin g may pass therethrough and extend across the cut-away portions on the inside of the box-body. The pivot-pin g being located on the inner side of the coin-receptacle and the extending portions 1) and cut-away portions e being provided, the result is a coinreceptacle with a hinged cover in which the hinge is out of sight when the receptacle is closed and on whichthere are no rough places or bulges at the hinge-joint outside the receptacle, so that the exposed surfaces of the 8; hinge-jointed sides of the box-body and cover are smooth and flush throughout and serve as the bottom of the receptacle.

. As shown, there are two extending portions and two cut-away portions;v butit is clear that there may be one of each ormore than two.

When the receptacle is res!ing on its smooth exterior hinge-jointed side, the coin-slot is at the top and coins may be readily dropped into the receptacle.

When the receptacle is opened, theextending portions move out of the'cut-away portions, leaving openings; butthese are entirely closed by the extending portions, which act as doors when the cover is closed and locked. IOJ

A strip G, riveted or otherwise secured to the inner side of the edge of the box-body, projects sufficiently beyond the said edge to form a rabbet-groove in which the edge of the cover fits. This strip forms at the same time an obstruction against the insertion of a blade intended to pry the cover open. This strip is preferably cut away or omitted adjacent the hinges.

hat I claim as new and of my invention is In a coin-receptacle, the combination of a box-body having a cut-away portion in one side, a cover provided with an extending portion fitting snugly in the said cut-away portion, plates secured to the inner sides of the box-body and the extending portions, and a, pivot-pin secured beneath the plates, substantially as described.

Signed at Brooklyn, New York, this 21st day of March, 1902.

HARRY J. VALENTINE.

V \Vitnesses:

O. H. Voom-ns, S. NELSON LYONS. 

